Getting line count of all files in project in sorted order.(Bash terminal)

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I have this folder contiaining a lot of *.cpp and *.h files. I want to get a line count of all the files and display them to the screen in sorted order of line count.

I know wc -l *.h *.cpp will display all the file names with line count, but not in sorted order.

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '11 at 17:38

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Use wc -l *.h *.cpp | sort -n. One job (sort), one tool (sort).

answered Dec 14 '11 at 17:38

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Since this is source code, I would use `sloccount` for this instead of `wc`. – ninjalj Dec 14 '11 at 21:17
Wow! +1 for this fantastic resource! – smilingbuddha Dec 15 '11 at 01:06
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In case you're handling a case with subdirectories (java for example) the following command does the same recursively. `find . -name *.java | xargs wc -l | sort -n` – DJGummikuh Jan 13 '16 at 08:16

Getting line count of all files in project in sorted order.(Bash terminal)

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